Safety rope-grip.



G. P. SINCLAIR.

SAFETY ROPE GBIP.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 1.13.23, 1908.

903,01 5. Patentad Nov. 3, 1908.

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CHARLES F. SINCLAIR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY ROPE-GRIP.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed January 23, 1908. Serial No. 412,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SINCLAIR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Safety Rope-Grip, of which thefollowing is a'full, clear, and exact descri tion.

e invention relates to bathing appliances, and its object is to providea new and improved rope gri for attachment to the wrist of a erson anfor connection with one of the guide ropes of the bathing place, toallow the user to safely venture into the Water for bathing and swimmingpurposes, and to aid the user in learning to swim.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described herein after and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying draw ings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied; Fig. 2 isan enlarged plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thesame.

The safety rope grip is preferably made of leather and fashioned at oneend into a sleeve A, s lit lengthwise at the top and provided with alace string B, for securely tightening the sleeve A on the users wrist,as plainly shown in Fig. 1. From the lower front edge of the sleeve Aextends forwardly a strip or plate C, for the hand of the user to reston, the forward end of the strip terminating in a strip D, adapted to bepassed around the guide rope E and back onto the strip C, to connectwith a buckle F attached to the strip C.

By the arrangement described the strip D forms a loop throu h whichpasses the guide rope E loosely, to a low the user of the device tofreely slide along the guide rope without danger of the device becomingaccidentally detached from the guide rope E or from the wrist of theuser.

The strip or plate C is preferably provided at its side edges withoutwardly-extending finger pieces G ada ted to be grasped by the fingersof the hand resting on the strip or plate C.

As the device is firmly attached to the wrist of the user, the strainincident to hanging on to the guide rope E is transmitted to the arm andnot to the fingers, and hence the latter are not liable to becomecramped, as is frequently the case when persons, especially women, hangon the uide rope E with the bare fingers. It will also be noticed thatone hand and arm of the user is completely free to permit the user tomake the proper swimming motion, thus aiding the user in learning toswim, especially as the beginner by the use of the device ainsconfidence sooner, and is thus enable to learn to swim in acomparatively short time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A rope grip, com rising a wrist sleeve for engagement with t e wristof the user, and a strip extending from one end of the said sleeve andforming a hand rest, said strip having means at its outer end forloosely engaging a rope.

2. A rope grip, comprising a wrist sleeve for engagement with a wrist, ahand strip extending from one end of the said sleeve, and a strap andbuckle on the outer end of the said hand strip whereby to form a loopfor loosely engaging a rope.

3. A rope grip, compri ing a laced wrist sleeve, a hand strip extendinginte rally from the said sleeve and provided wit sidewise extendingfinger pieces, and a strap and buckle on the free end of the said strip.

In testimony whereof I have signed. my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

ROBERT DAYIS, GEORGE H. HEWITT, Jr.

